Question #BTRFS :

(pardon, je renvoie le sondage en le passant en public)

Finally fed a 2nd drive to the #BTRFS store on the 2nd #GlusterFS node.

Sadly I did not realize that the rebalance op to convert everything to RAID1 will be running in the flippen FOREGROUND by default.

So 🤞 I don't loose the terminal while this is in progress...
(I gather that should be ok, but still, it makes me nervous)

@jdrch.github.io what happened with your #btrfs setup ? So far I’ve never had any issues with it.

I've decided I'm done with #Btrfs for non-default root installs. #Bcachefs & #mdraid users: tell me about your experience ( #ZFS users: dw, I already use that on #TrueNAS & #openSUSE #Tumbleweed) #homelab

This is Why CachyOS is Becoming My New Daily Driver

https://youtu.be/_yVVnSXHjNo?si=-tKZvHhcMgeI4R-N

#opensuse #opensuseleap #opensusetumbleweed #leap #tumbleweed #suse #sysadmin #Linux #CachyOS #BTRFS #Snapper #Snapshots #GRUB #linuxadmin #rollingrelease #archlinux

(more Linux news in original post)

Tuxedo unveils Gemini 17 Gen4 Linux laptop for high performance workloads:
https://betanews.com/2025/12/05/tuxedo-unveils-gemini-17-gen4-linux-laptop-for-high-performance-workloads/

Reddit Strangers Built an Open Source Linux Handheld, And They Want Your Help:
https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-platform-kit/

Steam On Linux Use Easily Hits An All-Time High In November:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Linux-November-2025

Linux kernel 6.18 released with BPF security, SLUB, and networking upgrades:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/12/linux-kernel-6-18-released-with-bpf-security-slub-and-networking-upgrades/

It’s Official: Linux Kernel 6.18 Will Be LTS, Supported Until December 2027:
https://9to5linux.com/its-official-linux-kernel-6-18-will-be-lts-supported-until-december-2027

Linux Kernel 5.4 Reaches End of Life After More Than Six Years of Maintenance:
https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-5-4-reaches-end-of-life-after-more-than-six-years-of-maintenance

GNU Linux-libre 6.18 Neuters More Functionality Due To Blobs With Intel Xe, NVIDIA Nova:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Linux-Libre-6.18

Wine 10.20 released with upgraded vkd3d:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/wine-10-20-released-with-upgraded-vkd3d/

Wine 11.0-rc1 Released With TWAINDSM 64-bit Module For Scanners:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.0-rc1-Released

Mesa 25.2.8 and Mesa 25.3.1 released for open source Linux graphics drivers:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/mesa-25-2-8-and-mesa-25-3-1-released-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/

Fwupd 2.0.18 Enables Linux Firmware Updating For More Hardware:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fwupd-2.0.18-Released

X.Org Server's xkbcomp Updated For Four Security Issues Dating Back Years:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/xkbcomp-1.5-Released

Features Expected For Linux 6.19: ASUS Armoury, Many Intel Bits, AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 Enhanced:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Features-Expected

NVIDIA 590.44.01 Beta Linux Driver Released With Wayland Improvements:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-590.44.01-Linux-Beta

NVIDIA Improves Block Layer Peer-To-Peer DMA In Linux 6.19:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-IO-uring-Block

Btrfs In Linux 6.19 Adds Experimental Features, Continues Preparations For FSCRYPT:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Btrfs

Bcachefs Ready With Its Reconcile Feature As Biggest Change In Two Years:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Reconcile-Ready

An Intel Fellow & Prominent Linux Performance Engineer Resigns From Intel:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Brendan-Gregg-Leaves-Intel

(FOSS news in comments)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #TUXEDO #LinuxLaptop #XOrg #X11 #LinuxKernel #NVIDIA #NVIDIADriver #Wine #LinuxLibre #Mesa #Fwupd #Btrfs #Bcachefs #FosseryTech

The main difference between #btrfs and other CoW filesystems is a btrfs filesystem on a physical array is absolutely guaranteed to eat itself at some point. No other filesystem can claim that #homelab

I've had way more showstopper problems with #btrfs than I've had with #ReFS, which is saying a lot considering how relatively poor the public facing ReFS/Storage Spaces documentation is

stg #btrfs is the filesystem from hell

I love BTRFS because I can copy all my NextCloud server files to OpenCloud & lock my NextCloud quota (to prevent modifications / uploads).

And now I have 0 wasted space, data available from both instances (for now, as I have to slowly delete NextCloud).

After this, I'll begin a migration to using Immich, which I don't quite like for being type script, but its more self hosting friendly compared to the nonnegotiable E2EE of Ente.

On a side note I finally seen my max read of my raid array, 700 MBps. Fancy!

#BTRFS #COW #NextCloud #OpenCloud #Migration #Ente #Immich

Neuer Blogpost: Daten von defektem Synology DS220+ wiederherstellen

https://schneidr.de/2025/12/daten-von-defektem-synology-ds220-wiederherstellen/

#Erfahrungsberichte #btrfs #Linux #LVM #Synology #Ubuntu

Mal wieder ein #btrfs Scrub durchführen.

Red-Hat-kompatibles #AlmaLinux 10.1 mit Paketupdates und #Btrfs | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Red-Hat-kompatibles-AlmaLinux-10-1-mit-Paketupdates-und-Btrfs-11092363.html #Linux :tux: #RHEL #RedHat #RedHatEnterpriseLinux

When I was setting up my server again a few days ago, I chose btrfs instead of ZFS, because apparently ZFS + Secure Boot + Debian 13 is pain in the ass 😒

Anyway, it seems to work great with btrfs so far.

#Linux #Incus #Debian #Btrfs #ZFS #SecureBoot

If you use #btrfs on kernels ranging from 6.12 to 6.19 and get the error:

VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown_block(0,0)

Add the 'btrfs' and 'microcode' hooks to /etc/mkinitcpio.conf via chroot and rerun initramfs generation.

If that doesn't help install `intel-ucode.img` and add it to your grub boot parameters in the initrd list.

If that still doesn't help (happens on Intel 3770k and older) disable #zstd initramfs compression, use gzip instead.

You are welcome

#initramfs #microcode

With #SSD s only able to hold data for 6 months without refreshing, and #HDD s able to hold data for decades, I wonder if the optimal storage setup is flash as a buffer/cache in front of a spinning-rust drive.

I wish #btrfs could do that…

Force initramfs to wait for all btrfs drives before scanning / mounting #boot #initramfs #btrfs

https://askubuntu.com/q/1560002/612

Have anyone attempted to convert a #BTRFS partition to EXT4, especially if the partition is a #Linux install?
fstransform didn't work.

I was thinking of archiving the BTRFS partition to a path that's outside of it, format the BTRFS partition, create an EXT4 partition, then extract the tar file to the EXT4 partition. I did archive, but it didn't archive every folder, like /bin.

www.both.org?p=12582

#Linux #Both.org #BtrFS

@stefano I have very little experience with #BTRFS but from what I've read it's buggy and has issues. After reading this, it doesn't sound like it's for anything but a home lab and maybe a desktop.

My confidence is not inspired.